From: "C.H.J. Hartgerink" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2018 02:22:08 -0400 Thanks for sharing! As a Dutch researcher it seems this is a non agreement (based on this press release). Under Dutch copyright law article 25f sharing postprints freely after a reasonable amount of time (commonly defined as 6-12 months) has already been legal for several years. The only difference would be if the publisher will actively make this happen, because now the author has to do it, but there is no indication in the press release that's the case here. Cheers, Chris Hartgerink @chartgerink -------- Original Message -------- On Jun 29, 2018, 06:24, LIBLICENSE < [log in to unmask]> wrote: From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2018 23:13:53 -0400 Monday 25 June 2018 "As part of its negotiations with Wolters Kluwer to extend the contract for legal and fiscal professional literature, the VSNU has agreed open-access terms. The 27 academic journals in Wolters Kluwer’s collection of otherwise mainly professional literature will be subject to new and explicit open-access embargo rules. The parties have agreed that academic articles from these 27 journals will be eligible for publishing in the public domain 6 to 12months after the date of their publication on Navigator and Wolters Kluwer’s other platforms." https://www.vsnu.nl/en_GB/news-items/nieuwsbericht/413-open-access-deal-reached-with-wolters-kluwer.html?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTlRGalpESTBZbU16TW1SaiIsInQiOiJpMmhqeHlhSmx6aUpQMUphN2p6MG1MNjFpSFVHTkNld2RmYmwrbG5pbVA4eXppajlaSzdKNGhjdWpjMUV4SkRRdUZhb052TjFVZmVnZ21OZHB1NXFRVzNoamR2N3Q3Tkg1bjJcLytDMkJJUk1cLyt3OWlzcGoxVGlWWHFkWjRDQ2tYIn0%3D